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T. MARR.

EGG OASE'. No. 416.297. Patented Dec 3,v1889.

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BGG CASE.

No. 416,297. I Patented Deo. 3, 1889.

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THOMAS MARR, OF VVARRENTON, VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT ANI) MESNEASSIt-,INMENTS TO ROBERT A. MARR, JAMES P; .IEFFRIES, AND vGRANVILLE S.P. TRIPLETT, OF SAME PLACE.

E. G G CAS E SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 416,297,dated December 3, 188-9.

" Application sied March 2s, issie. serial N9. 305,082. (No modem T0 allwhom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS MARR, a citizen of the United States,residing in Tarrenton, in the county of Fauquier and State of Virginia,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in EggeOasesot' whichthe following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide improved means for packing eggsfor transportation, so that they may be carried from place to place andhandled without unusual care and yet be free from liability of breakage.

My invention consists in the' improved frame, supports, and perforatedsheets herein described, and specifically designated in t-he claims.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating my invention, Figure l is aperspective View of the outside box closed and on a smaller scale thanin the remaining figures. Fig. Zis a perspective view of the box,showing the top and side lids open, and showing7 also, the

interior arrangement of the box and the eggs in theirsupports. Fig. 3 isa perspective view otl the top of one of the frames arranged be'- lowthe sheet onwhich the eggs are supported and held in position. Fig. 4 isa perspective view showing the reverse side of such frame with the sheetby which the tops of the eggs are held in position omitted. Fig. 5 isa'lon gitudinal central section through the box and the egg-supports,showing the eggs in position.

The outside box or casing A may be of any desired construction, but ispreferably such as illustrated in the drawings, and may be partiallyslatted, as shown in Fig. l, at front and rear, leaving openings a toadmit of a free circulation of air, and also to adinitlight within theinterior of the box, so that by opening the front end the eggs may beinspected.

The top is hinged at B and the front side' hingedlat B. The top isprovided with a handle O and is connected to the front side A bya hasp Cand pivoted locking-catch O2. A stud-journal D is secured to each sideof the box in connection with a perforatedplate D', the purpose of whichis to suspend the box in frames in a cold-storage house, so that the boxmay have its position changed-that is, may be reversed-as by this meansthe eggs are kept more perfectly, as the yelks are prevented fromsettling in the shells.

As shown in Fig. 5, the boxes are mounted in a frame M, which isprovided with a catch d, engaging with the plate D to hold the box inany desired position.

The interior of the box is arranged as follows: A series of frames orcarriers E, substantially similar in construction, are arranged oneabove the other and are each constructed as follows: Each frame isconstructed with sides E', extending from front to rear of the box andconnected at front and rear by cross-pieces E2 and E3, and between thecrosspieces E2 E3 in each section is clamped a thin sheet (preferably ofcard-board) F. The sides E extend slightly above the end pieces E2 inall the frames except the top one. This sheet of card-board isimperforate and is rigidly attached to the frame, preferably beingclamped between the cross-pieces E2 E3. On the under side of eachframe-section E, between the sides E', at equal distances apart, arearranged a series of strips E4, as shown in Fig. 4, and at right anglest0 these strips and beneath them, and connecting the front and rearpieces E2, are arranged at equal distances apart wires or rods E5, asshown in Fig. 4. In the upper part of the frame, midway between thefront and rear pieces, and extending from one side piece to the other,is a strip E, (shown in Fig. 3,) and between this strip and the frontand rear pieces E3 and the side pieces E are arranged partitions E7,preferably made of card-board and arranged to form cells orcompartments,'one for each egg. The partitions E7 rest upon the sheet F,as shown in Fig. 5, and on the top of the partition is laid a removablesheet G, having circular openings g at regular distances apart, formedby making creases in the sheet and cutting radial slits g', formingpointed or triangular lingers g2, which are more or less elastic, andwhich support the eggs. A similar sheet G is arranged beneath the wiresE5 of the section of the supports immediately above, so that there is aperforated sheetG, into which the bottom of the egg projects, and aperforated sheet G', into which the top of the egg projects.

As will be seen by reference to Fig. 5, the

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wires rest upon the sheets G between the perforations and hold thesheets in position. By this construction the eggs are all independentlysupported. Each one is firmly held and cannot be shaken about, does notcome in contact with any other egg in the case, and cannot be thrownagainst any part of the casing. The box may thus be handled roughly intransportation without liability of breaking the eggs. The successivesheets in which the eggs are supported are not themselves utilized tosupport the upper sections of the egg-support.

The perforated sheets G are preferably made wider than the sheets G andrest between the side pieces E', as shown in Fig. 5, and when thesections on the supports are moved the sheets G may be taken oit, sothat the eggs may be gathered up readily.

The top frame or carrier E is substantiall y the same as the others. Thesides E' are, however, made lower--1`. c., they do not ex tend above thecross-pieces E2 E, aud the partitions ET and perforated sheet G areomitted.

Having thus described my egg-carrier, I declare that whatI claim as myinvention isl. The combination, substantially as hereinbefore set forth,of the outside box or easing and the egg-supports, each consisting ofside pieces, front and rear connecting-pieces, a sheet F, partitionsresting on said sheet, and

a perforated sheet G above the sheet l?, supported on the partitions.

i. The combination, substantially as hereinbefore set forth, of theoutside box or casing and the egg-supports, each consisting of a framemade up of side pieces and front and rear pieces, cross-strips E, andwires E5, arranged at right angles thereto, a sheet of cardboard orsimilar material F, resting on said strips, the partitions E7, supportedon the cardboard, the perforated sheet G, supported on the partitions,and the perforated sheet G', into which the tops 'of the eggs projectand on which the wires E bear.

3. The combination, substantially as hereinbefore set forth, of theoutside box or easing, a f rame consisting of front and rear pieces E2E3, a sheet of card-board F, clamped between the pieces E2 E3, thepartitions E7, resting on said cardboard, the sheet G, having cil eularradial slitted openings into which the bottoms of the eggs project, andthe sheet G', having radial slitted openings into which the tops of theeggs project.

In testimony whereof l have hereunto subscribed my name.

THOMAS MARR.

Witnesses:

J. P. JEFFRIES, W. C. WEEKS.

